How to List a Research Opportunity
Faculty mentors play a vital role in expanding opportunities for undergraduate research at the University at Buffalo. By listing a project, you invite students to participate in inquiry, creative exploration and applied learning within your field.
How to List a Project
To list a project, simply complete and submit the form below. A member of the Office for Undergraduate Research team will review your submission, share a draft for your review, and publish the opportunity.
If you have questions at any point, please contact the Office for Undergraduate Research at undergrad-research@buffalo.edu.
Prepare Your Project Listing
The sections below outline the information students will see when exploring opportunities. Use this guidance as you prepare your submission.
Describe what the project entails and at least 3-5 sentences that ground the project in a broader context. Your description can be specific and concrete or broad to invite student participation in its design, but it should be written as you would like it to appear on the website. Consider including a compelling hook to pique students' interest.
Students participating in faculty-mentored research should complete a culminating project that demonstrates what they learned through their involvement and on which you provide feedback. Depending on the opportunity, this outcome may serve as documentation for academic credit, applied learning, a digital badge, or other program requirements.
Examples of project outcomes include:
- Research posters or presentations in other formats.
- Written reports or essays.
- Performances or creative works.
Use this section to describe what you expect the student’s final work to be or, briefly, the process for setting goals with the student.
If your student is earning a digital badge, this artifact will become clickable evidence attached to the badge.
This section helps students determine whether a project is the right fit.
You will include information such as:
- Expected length of commitment, start time, In-person, hybrid or remote, and level of collaboration.
- Eligibility requirements or preferred qualifications. Whether the experience offers other benefits such as academic credit, work-study funding and/or stipend support, students may opt to earn a digital badge through our office in addition to any of these possibilities.
You may also choose to leave some details open for discussion with individual students during the selection process and as you begin the mentoring relationship. In an early mentoring meeting, the faculty member and student will establish learning outcomes and the skills or content knowledge the student will develop.
If students will need to complete any required readings, certifications, or tasks to begin the project, please identify those here.
Students who opt to earn the digital badge through the Office for Undergraduate Research will go through a short, guided series of goal-setting and reflection activities as part of the preparation process. The Office oversees the badge process through UBLearns; please contact us with any questions.
Preparation activities may include, but are not limited to:
- Completing research, ethics, compliance, or safety training and attending relevant workshops.
- Meeting with you to set expectations and have a shared understanding of the project and potential outcomes.
- Reading or viewing materials or starting to search for works in the field.
These preparation activities are the first steps in sharing your expectations as a mentor and the goals the student brings or defines through the project.